TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,Penny AU - Holm, Lorens, AU - Costa Santos,Sandra ED - Architecture & Collective Life (Conference) TI - Architecture and collective life T2 - Critiques: critical studies in architectural humanities SN - 9780367633912 AV - NA2543.S6 A62723 2022 U1 - 720.103 PEN 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Architecture and society KW - Congresses N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; New geography and the planners -- Authority -- The welfare state -- Autonomy and organisation -- Practice and life N2 - "This book addresses the complex relationship between architecture and public life. It's a study of architecture and urbanism as cultural activity that both reflects and gives shape to our social relations, public institutions and political processes. Written by an international range of contributors the chapters address the intersection of public life and the built environment around the themes of authority and planning, the welfare state, place and identity and autonomy. The book covers a diverse range of material from Foucault's evolving thoughts on space to land-scraping leisure centres in Post-War Belgium. It unpacks concepts such as 'community' and 'collectivity' alongside themes of self-organisation and authorship. Architecture and Collective Life reflects on urban and architectural practice and historical, political and social change. As such this book will be of great interest to students and academics in architecture and urbanism as well as practicing architects"-- ER -